KEY FACTS ABOUT THE €5 BANKNOTE

SOURCES

(1) Life span of a ladybird: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae
(2) Rough weight of the (ES1 €5) finished banknote is 0.663 grams. The average weight has been calculated on the basis of a sample of 20 banknotes coming from the same production. Please note that the weight is also influenced by the cutting size and weight of the unprinted paper. www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/euro/circulation/html/index.en.html
Weight of an Airbus A380: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380

(3) ECB, Directorate Banknotes. On average, each person in the euro area makes between 300 and 400 cash transactions per year.
(4) 12 cm x 2,915,300,000 €5 banknotes produced in 2012 + 349,836 km. Distance from the earth to the moon: 384,400 km (source: Encyclopedia Britannica) http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/euro/production/html/index.en.html

(5) 12 cm x 1,539,000,000 €5 banknotes in circulation in September 2012 = 184,680 km.
Considering the equatorial radius of the earth is 6,378 km (source: Encyclopedia Britannica), and the circumference of the earth is thus approximately 40,075 km, the €5 banknotes in circulation could circle the globe 4.6 times. http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/euro/circulation/html/index.en.html